Curious how your school district calculates weighted GPA for rank/valedictorian purposes. Is it:
Weighted by credit only, e.g. A in a 2.0 credit course, B in a 1.0 course = (8+3)/3 = 3.67 vs
B in a 2.0 course, A in a 1.0 course = (6+4)/3 = 3.33
In this system, a kid who took all unweighted classes but who got straight A’s would have a 4.0 wgpa no different than a kid who took all weighted classes and still got straight A’s. Is that the case?
Weighted by both credit and grade (5.0 scale), A in a 2.0 course, B in a 1.0 course = (10+3)/3 = 4.33 vs
B in a 2.0 course, A in 1.0 course = (8+4)/3 =4.0
Weighted only by grade with no regard to credit, A in a weighted course, B in unweighted = (5+4)/2 =4.5 vs
B in weighted course, A in unweighted = (4+4)/2 =4.0
If your district does the calculation based on either of the first 2 methods, I agree that it is creating an unfair apples to oranges comparison for kids who completed the course under the old weighting (vs the kids who chose the weighted course before they became unweighted) vs the new, and it really should reweight the calculations consistently for rank purposes. If the calculations are based on the third method, weighted gpa calculations would not change.